Increasing the credibility of regional climate simulations by introducing subgrid-scale cloud-radiation interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5317-5330

  Herwehe, Jerold A ^a   Alapaty, Kiran ^a   Spero, Tanya L ^a   Nolte, Christopher G ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD FEEDBACKS; CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATION BUDGET; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; WRF;

HEAT RADIATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CUMULUS; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SIMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84901725235     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021504     Document Type: Article

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